End the war in Ukraine
Donald Trump has no serious position on the war in Ukraine.
In May last year, when he told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, “If I’m president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours.”
Asked how, Trump said he would meet both Zelensky and Russian leader Vladimir Putin, telling Collins, “They both have weaknesses and they both have strengths and within 24 hours that war will be settled, that war will be over.” Is Donald Trump sane? It’s amazing the media and voters have not questioned this.
Better yet, Trump has a “surprise” secret plan guaranteed to end the Ukraine war, but he can’t tell us what it is until after he is elected.
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
Trump says he would encourage Russia to ‘do whatever the hell they want’ to any NATO country that doesn’t pay enough. How much more undiplomatic can he get? Who decides what’s enough?
Trump has always criticized NATO’s members for not spending the agreed upon 2% of GDP (Gross Domestic Product) on military defense. The criticism is justified, but the problem is complex with all members being involved in working it out.
By the end of Trump’s presidency, four more Nato countries had hit the alliance’s guidelines of spending at least 2% of national income on defense. So far during President Biden’s term, another 13 countries have reached the target. According to BBC.
Currently, two-thirds of its members (23 of 32) have fulfilled this commitment, and will collectively spend $1.47 trillion on defence this year. This is up from just 10 countries meeting the 2 percent guideline in 2023 and three countries meeting the commitment in 2014. According to Aljazeera
No doubt the Russian invasion of Ukraine has stimulated these increases in spending and will probably continue to do so. Spending is a vague way of evaluating a member. Countries that border Russia or are near its border have more incentive to spend on defense. What the spending is on is very important.
Afghanistan withdrawal
Trump negotiated with the Taliban for the withdrawal of American forces without the Afghan government taking part. He forced the Afghan government to release 5,000 Taliban terrorists. This was like giving them a small army to use against the Afghan government.
President Biden continued the withdrawal started by and negotiated by the Trump administration, with the U.S. leaving Afghanistan in a disorganized manner. Thirteen American service members were killed in a suicide bombing that also killed 170 Afghans. The Afghan government collapsed shortly later. For a timeline of the events.